Printer Driver Working Group Status

                            16 April 2004 - 11 May 2004

Accomplishments:
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1.  Continued working on defining the Common Job Properties for printer drivers
    under Linux.

2.  Worked on a set of slides to present to the FSG meeting in Japan.


In Progress:
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1.  Currently work is on hold because of diametrically opposed view points.


Future Plans:
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1.  Integrate Japan's work with Bidirection status/communication into the standard.

2.  Capabilities support from the printer driver.


Issues/Concerns:
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1.  Lack of support from other printer driver writers.

2.  Lack of support from Ghostscript, CUPS, Gnome, and KDE.

3.  Lack of participation from other driver developers to get a balanced viewpoint.


Schedule:
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The standard is not far enough along to set a schedule.
	

Past Meeting Schedule:
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1.  1-2 hours per week


Future Meeting Schedule:
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1.  1-2 hours every Monday

GMT 19:00-20:00
EDT 14:00-15:00
CDT 13:00-14:00
MDT 12:00-13:00
PDT 11:00-12:00

Active Participants:
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Mark Hamzy (IBM)
Till Kamppeter (Mandrake Soft)
Glen Petrie (Epson)